As the lines continue to blur between television and reality, it should come as no surprise that an actual politician has gone so far as to copy a speech made by Frank Underwood on Netflix original series House of Cardsalmost word-for-word. Miguel Ángel Covarrubias Cervantes, the former mayor of small Mexican town San Damián Texoloc, in Tlaxcala state, posted a video to his official Facebook page on Monday that almost directly mirrors a promotional video released by Netflix in 2016 featuring a sinister speech from notoriously corrupt President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey).

The video, delivered in Spanish, only changes a few words of Underwood’s speech to apply to his home country, but the similarities – including the slow zoom towards Covarrubias, the video’s use of the show’s theme music, and the font used for his name at the end – are striking. Aside from the fact that there are not intercut shots of Covarrubias murdering people, sleeping with reporters, and abusing his wife à la Frank, it feels too obvious to be anything but a tribute to the show. The infamously crooked Underwood seems like strange figure to emulate for a politician, and Netflix took note of the copycat and responded on their Twitter page Tuesday.

“To the people of Mexico,” begins Michael Kelly, who plays Underwood’s ruthlessly loyal Chief of Staff Doug Stamper. “It’s not a competition. You have no idea where people take their information from. Pay attention now.” The text of the tweet, which translates to “imitation is not always the best form of flattery”, elicited a slew of responses from both Spanish and English-speakers alike, most teaming up to berate Covarrubias for his bizarre video.

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Covarrubias later told newspaper Milenio that his video was not an act of plagiarism, but rather a “clear reference” to the series and that they were simply using Underwood’s speech to achieve a viral status and attract the attention of young people. He also claims that he plans to use the viral nature of the stunt in a “positive way”.

The 27-year-old politician, one of the youngest mayors in Mexico, plans to run for office again in 2018. A Mexican news outlet reports that Covarrubias was arrested in 2014 for drunkenly urinating in a taxi on his way to the airport, so his crimes don’t seem to measure up to the caliber of Underwood’s antics just yet.